Introduction to Archaeology and to the Peabody Museum

Focus Questions

What do Archaeologists do, and how do they do it? What limits should be placed on the work of Archaeologists? Who owns the past?

Activities

Dig Deeper

Books in the OWH Library
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Avi-Yoha, Michael. Dig This! How Archaeologists Uncover Our Past. Minneapolis: Runestone Press, 1993.
Barnes, Trevor. Archaeology. Boston: Kingfisher, 2004.
Fagan, Brian M. [[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/?searchtype=t&searcharg=Ancient+North+America%3A+The+Archaeology+of+a+Continent.&searchscope=36&SORT=D&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=%3BSORT%3Don&searchorigarg=darchaeology+|Ancient North America: The Archaeology of a Continent.]] New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995
McIntosh, Jane. The Practical Archaeologist: How we know what we know about the past. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 1999.

Articles in Scholarly Journals

Body Ritual Among the Nacirema